JOYFUL DIABETIC

Our bodies are truly amazing! They use fat as their preferred storage medium for future energy. Just like a car stores gasoline in its tank to be used for trips before the next fill-up, the human body saves fuel for needs in the future. It’s the law of physics, conservation of matter, that governs what [...]

For years I’ve been trying to make a game out of managing my diabetes. It’s sometimes challenging and I’ve found ways to amuse myself by being playful about my disease. I know that losing more weight could be beneficial to me so I challenge myself to reach a goal. For several months I’ve been trying [...]

I recently read about a strategy for controlling the amount of food eaten at a meal. The advice is to leave the table “gently hungry”. This made sense to me since my body is slow to send me the message that I’m full and as a result, I eat too much. Over my adult years [...]

The following text was contained in a document given to all those who visited my table at the TCOYD Conference in Albany, NY on June 11, 2011. _______________________________________________________________________________ How can I be joyful? Diabetes is a chronic disease. It never goes away. It affects every aspect of my life, 24/7. And I call myself the [...]

I grew up in a small town where partying was common, starting about age 14. Most of my friends drank beer and some got drunk from time to time. I found that eating chips or other high carbohydrate foods helped overcome the drunken feelings. So, partying for me was about over drinking and eating. By [...]

One of the great joys I get from diabetes is knowing the impact of food; exercise and stress have on my body. Unlike non-diabetics or those who don’t test their blood sugar, we who test regularly have direct information to manage our disease and our health. Most of us know that too much food and/or [...]